Recording Available of August 30 National Call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing”
During our most recent (August 30) national call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) spoke about Congress’s short- and long-term efforts to expand…
September 7, 2021Attorney General Garland Urges Legal Community to Take Action to Prevent Evictions
Attorney General Merrick Garland sent a letter on August 30 calling on the legal community to volunteer to confront the ongoing housing and eviction crisis. The letter urges members of the legal…
September 7, 2021Supreme Court Invalidates CDC Eviction Moratorium, Millions of Renters Immediately at Risk
The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion, ruled (6-3) on August 26 to end the temporary stay on a lower court ruling seeking to overturn the federal eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for…
August 30, 2021Join NLIHC Campaign Call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” Today at 2:30 pm ET
Join today’s (August 30) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. We will be joined by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, for a discussion on the expiration of the…
August 30, 2021Recording Available of August 23 National Call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing”
During our most recent (August 9) national call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing,” we discussed the latest on the CDC eviction moratorium and efforts by the apartment industry to…
August 30, 2021Minnesota’s Eviction Moratorium Off-Ramp
Minnesota has implemented statewide tenant protections to prevent evictions: until June 2022, landlords cannot file for eviction for non-payment of rent against any tenant who has a pending…
August 30, 2021Appeals Court Denies Challenge, Upholding Eviction Moratorium for Now
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit filed an order on August 20 rejecting an emergency motion by the Alabama Association of Realtors to halt the Biden administration’s new…
August 23, 2021Join NLIHC Campaign Call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” Today at 2:30 pm ET
Join today’s (August 23) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. This week, Keith Turi, recovery directorate assistant administrator at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will…
August 23, 2021U.S. District Court Judge Leaves CDC Eviction Moratorium in Place
U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich on August 13 denied a request from the Alabama and Georgia Associations of Realtors to rule the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
August 16, 2021NLIHC and NHLP Urge Treasury, HUD, USDA, and FHFA to Implement Eviction Moratorium Directive
NLIHC and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) sent on August 10 a letter to the secretaries of HUD, US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Treasury, as well as the acting director of the…
August 16, 2021Fannie Mae to Consider Rental Payment History in Underwriting Process
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on August 11 that Fannie Mae, one of the government sponsored entities (GSEs) FHFA oversees, will consider rental payment history in its risk-…
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